Tool Hanger

ABSTRACT

A tool hanger has a rail and multiple hanging blocks. The rail is an elongated bar and has at least one hole. Each hanging block has a hanging body, an arm and a hook. The hanging body has a sliding slot being slidably mounted on the rail. The arm protrudes from the hanging body and has a cylinder. The hook is attached to the arm.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a tool hanger, especially to a toolhanger being able to hang more tools and being made with less material.

2. Description of the Prior Art

A conventional tool hanger is used to hang and display socket wrenchadapters or box-end wrenches and comprises a rail and multiple hangingblocks. The hanging blocks are slidably attached to the rail. Eachhanging block has a cylinder or a hook for hanging a socket wrenchadapter (“adapter”) or a box-end wrench (“wrench”).

A hanging block of the conventional tool hanger can only hang onespecific kind of tool. To hang adapters and wrenches on the tool hanger,multiple different hangers in different kinds and sizes are necessary.However, arranging different tool hangers requires lot of material forproduction and increases cost for manufacturing the tool hanger. Inaddition, each hanging block of the conventional tool hanger can onlyhang one specific kind of tool is not versatile in use.

To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention provides a toolhanger to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The main objective of the invention is to provide a tool hanger beingable to hang more tools and being made with less material.

The tool hanger in accordance with the present invention has a rail andmultiple hanging blocks. The rail is an elongated bar and has at leastone hole. Each hanging block has a hanging body, an arm and a hook. Thehanging body has a sliding slot being slidably mounted on the rail. Thearm protrudes from the hanging body and has a cylinder. The hook isattached to the arm.

Other objectives, advantages and novel features of the invention willbecome more apparent from the following detailed description when takenin conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded prospective view of a first embodiment of a toolhanger in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a prospective view of a hanging block of the tool hanger inFIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is another prospective view of the hanging block in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a side view of the hanging block in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an exploded prospective view of the tool hanger in FIG. 1being used with an adapter and a wrench;

FIG. 6 is a prospective view of the tool hanger in FIG. 5 being usedwith an adapter and a wrench;

FIG. 7 is a side view of the hanging block in FIG. 6 being used with anadapter and a wrench;

FIG. 8 is an exploded prospective view of a second embodiment of a toolhanger in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a prospective view of a hanging block of the tool hanger inFIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is another prospective view of the hanging block in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a side view of the hanging block in FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is an exploded prospective view of the tool hanger in FIG. 8being used with an adapter and a wrench;

FIG. 13 is a prospective view of the tool hanger in FIG. 12 being usedwith an adapter and a wrench; and

FIG. 14 is a side view of the hanging block in FIG. 13 being used withan adapter and a wrench.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

With reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, a first embodiment of a tool hangerin accordance with the present invention comprises a rail (10) andmultiple hanging blocks (20). The rail (10) is an elongated bar andcomprises at least one hole (11). The rail (10) comprises two ends andtwo holes (11) being respectively defined near the ends of the rail(10). The at least one hole (11) is used to attach the rail (10) to asupporting board (30) for allowing the tool hanger to be displayed in anexhibition area or around a tool cart. Furthermore, the rail (10)comprises a top, a bottom and two edges (12) respectively formed on thetop and the bottom of the rail (10).

Each hanging block (20) comprises a hanging body (21), an arm (22) and ahook (23). The hanging body (21) comprises a front and a sliding slot(211) being slidably mounted on the rail (10). The hanging body (21) mayfurther comprise an upper mounting plate (212) and a bottom mountingplate (213). The upper mounting plate (212) is attached to the edge (12)of the top of the rail (10). The bottom mounting plate (213) is attachedto the edge (12) of the bottom of the rail (10). The hanging block (20)is slidably mounted to the rail (10) by attaching the upper mountingplate (212) and the bottom mounting plate (213) respectively to theedges (12) of the rail (10).

The arm (22) is formed on and protrudes from the front of the hangingbody (21) and comprises a top and a cylinder (221) protruding from thetop. The top of the arm (22) may be a horizontally flat surface. The arm(22) comprises a front surface to which the hook (23) is attached. Thehook (23) may protrude from the front surface of the arm (22) at aposition where is lower than the top of the arm (22).

Other than the tool hanger in accordance with the first embodiment ofthe present invention which has two holes (11) respectively defined nearthe ends of the rail (10), the tool hanger may have only one hole (11)or have many holes (11) defined in the rail (10). The hole (11) or holes(11) are fit with fasteners, such as screws or bolts to attach the rail(10) onto a supporting board (30). In other words, the number of the atleast one hole (11) is not specifically limited in the presentinvention.

With reference to FIG. 1, when using the tool hanger, fasteners arepenetrated respectively through the holes (11) in the rail (10) toattach the rail (10) onto a supporting board (30) with the fasteners. Aspace between hanging blocks (20) can be adjusted by sliding the hangingblocks (20) on the rail (10).

With reference to FIG. 5 to FIG. 7, the cylinder (221) holds an adapter(A) in place and the hook (23) holds a wrench (B) to hang two kinds oftools on a same hanging block (20). Therefore, each hanging block (20)of the tool hanger in accordance with the present invention can holdmultiple tools and is versatile in use. Furthermore, since the hook (23)is formed on a position lower than the top of the arm (22), a wrench (B)held on the hook (23) would not block an adapter (A) having a largediameter extending out from the front surface of the arm (22).

Because each hanging block (20) can hold two adapter and wrench, thematerial and cost for manufacturing a tool hanger that has a capabilityof holding a same amount of tools as a conventional one can be reduced.

In an alternative embodiment, the hook (23) may be attached to an areaof the arm (22) other than the front surface, and multiple hooks (23)may be formed on the arm (22).

A second embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 8 to 11.With reference to FIG. 8 to FIG. 11, the second embodiment differs fromthe first embodiment in the shapes of the hanging blocks (20) (20A). Inthe second embodiment, the hanging block (20A) comprises a hanging body(21A), an arm (22A) and a hook (23A). The hanging body (21A) comprises afront and a sliding slot (211A) being slidably mounted on the rail (10)and having an upper mounting plate (212A) and a bottom mounting plate(213A).

The arm (22A) is formed on and protrudes from the front of the hangingbody (21A) and comprises a distal end, a proximal end, a top, a bottomsurface and a cylinder (221A) protruding from the top. The proximal endis attached to the front of the hanging body (21A). The top is ahorizontally flat surface.

The hook (23A) is attached to the bottom surface between the distal endand the proximal end of the arm (22A) and is positioned lower than thetop of the arm (22A). An opening is formed between the hook (23A) andthe distal end of the arm (22A).

With reference to FIGS. 8 and 12 to 14, in use, the rail (10) isattached to a supporting board (30) with fasteners and the cylinder(221A) and the hook (23A) of the hanging block (20A) hold an adapter (A)and a wrench (B), respectively. The hook (23A) is inserted to a box ofthe wrench (B) whereas a rim of the box is inserted in the openingformed between the hook (23A) and the distal end of the arm (22A) andthen rested on the hook (23A), so as to hang the wrench (B) thereon. Aportion of the arm (22A) that ranges from where the hook (23) isattached to the distal end of the arm (22A) protrudes over the hook(23A) and secures the hung wrench (B) from dropping off. Thus, multipletools are simultaneously held on a single hanging block (20A). The toolhangers in accordance with the first and second embodiments are used insimilar ways. In addition, the tool hanger in accordance with the secondembodiment also provides functions of material saving andease-recognition of diameter levels of the adapters.

Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the presentinvention have been set forth in the foregoing description, togetherwith details of the structure and features of the invention, thedisclosure is illustrative only. Changes may be made in the details,especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts withinthe principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by thebroad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims areexpressed.

1. A tool hanger comprising a rail comprising at least one hole; andmultiple hanging blocks slidably mounted on the rail and each comprisinga hanging body comprising a front; and a sliding slot being slidablymounted on the rail; an arm being formed on and protruding from thefront of the hanging body and comprising a distal end; a proximal endattached to the front of the hanging body; a bottom surface; a top; anda cylinder protruding from the top; and a hook being attached to thebottom surface between the distal end and the proximal end of the armand positioned at a position lower than the top of the arm, wherein anopening is formed between the hook and the distal end of the arm;wherein the rail comprises two ends; top; bottom; and two edgesrespectively formed on the top and the bottom of the rail; two holes arerespectively defined near the ends of the rail; and each hanging bodyfurther comprises an upper mounting plate being attached to the edge ofthe top of the rail; and a bottom mounting plate being attached to theedge of the bottom of the rail.